Canada reports vast farm land and rail plans in brief
The 1935 Canada annual rail system report shows 2 963 agricultural families on 335 126 acres. A proposed six mile tunnel under the channel between Japan and Kyushu costs 5 400 000. Manitoba Poultry Federation formed in Winnipeg with Robert C. McGregor as president.
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Canadian National Railways
House of Commons
Kyushu
Manitoba Poultry Federation
Winnipeg
Robert C. McGregor
Carman
Man
Britain
Edward Albert Sharpey- Schafer
Schafer
Northumberland
A Queer Combination of Blind Musicians in England
Six blind musicians form an orchestra in England aided by wireless broadcasts. They learned by memory the pieces they perform. Next month they plan to play at a Leeds Town Hall dance. Dancers, all deaf or hard of hearing, will learn by watching others, and the pairings may seem unlikely yet show triumph over handicap.
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England
Leeds Town Hall
Longevity and aging in horses and a Chinese river flood control note
A horse’s life is typically 25 to 30 years though some English accounts mention horses living past 60. Old age may begin around 40 or 80 when daydreams shift from tomorrow to yesterday. The Yangtse Kiang river in China has 7,000 miles of dikes.
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Yangtse Kiang River
China
Ting Reveals Your Character By Lawrence Graphologist
A Winnipeg Newspaper Union notice invites readers to submit handwriting samples for personality analysis by Lawrence Hibbert. The notice explains how past marriages and personal traits are inferred from writing, offering private, confidential feedback and optional character analyses for a fee, with mailing details and return envelopes.
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Ting
Lawrence
Lawrence Hibbert
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Man
Polish Scientist Promises Gold Increase With Z-Ray Claim
Authorities in Paris caution that the ejected gold could become base metal, possibly lead, if true but ridiculed by some. M. Bonn testifies Dan Skowsky’s apparatus at San Remo yields far larger gold quantities. Maitre Legrande plans to seek retrial after a Paris court sentenced Dunikowsky to two years for fraud.
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Dunikowsky
Paris
M. Bonn
Dan Skowsky
San Remo
Italy
Jean Charles Legrande
Lima Peru Celebrates Four Hundredth Birthday
The City of Lima marked its four hundredth birthday in January. A quiz of data notes that approximately 20 percent of school children under 20 have defective sight. Additionally a series of odd facts and domestic tips are cited, including iodine content in oysters and maintenance advice for hoes.
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Lima
Peru
Why He Was Excited Music Tommy Dropped Ham Sandwich Into Ballot Box
A Saar plebiscite tale recalls British soldiers ready to count ballots. A Dutchman argued with a Yorkshire‑talking Tommy until a sergeant intervened. The Tommy had dropped a ham sandwich into the ballot box, necessitating official procedures to retrieve it, after which the incident closed amicably.
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Tommy
Yorkshire
New Statesman
Nation
What To Do About Acid Indigestion
A reader guidance note suggests fast relief from acid indigestion using Phillips Milk of Magnesia tablets with care to obtain the genuine Phillips product. The tablet form is promoted as an effective quick fix, emphasizing authenticity and Canada-made manufacture.
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Canada
FORD
Apricot And Pineapple Delight From Betty Barclay
Dessert recipe combines dried apricots with apricot juice and water, tapioca, sugars, salt, canned pineapple, pineapple juice and lemon juice. Soak apricots two hours, simmer until tender, then bake in moderate oven thirty minutes stirring periodically. Serve on lettuce with cream. Serves eight. Worcestershire sauce adds a tang and the dish is chilled before serving.
Accident in the Loire air battle wounds two houses
During a French air exercise near Tours a fighter collided with another, tearing one plane in two and smashing two houses below. The pilot survived after parachuting into the Loire River while the second plane was only scratched.
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France
Tours
Loire
Smallest Dynamo Unemployed Istvan Zimmerhann Claims Tiny Device
Istvan Zimmerhann of Szekesfehervar Hungary presents a claimed world’s smallest dynamo about four millimetres high. He assembled the parts under a home made microscope, taking four months to prepare the drawing and build the device.
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Istvan Zimmerhann
Szekesfehervar
Hungary
Fashion Fancies Pattern Dress for Sizes 36 to 48
Ellen Worth presents pattern No. 684 a simple smart dress designer aimed at figures 36 to 48 inches. It calls for 3 1 2 yards of 39 inch fabric plus 1 yard of 35 inch contrasting material. The Spring Fashion Magazine highlights many small family models and notes the packing industry now produces about 140 by products from animal parts once treated as waste.
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Ellen Worth
Nipeg Newspaper Union
Heartbeats of animals in winter hibernation drop
Researchers report animal heart rates plummet during winter hibernation, falling to as few as one to ten beats per minute in certain species. The finding highlights metabolic slowing and energy conservation processes in dormant mammals and reptiles.
Historic Chapel Reopened at Sheffield Cathedral
Dr Leonard Burrows, bishop of Sheffield, reopened Shrewsbury chapel inside Sheffield Cathedral after four centuries. Our Lady’s Aisle, burial site of forgotten family members, is enhanced as the organ moves to the west end. Chancel will regain its original medieval dimensions.
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Leonard Burrows
Sheffield
Shrewsbury
Shefield Cathedral
Zaris
Rowley Hill
New Aid For Blind Uses Electric Eye Inventions
A Soviet aircraft pioneer claims to have invented an electric eye that transmits visual images into electric impulses. The device allegedly allows the blind to perceive shapes by concentrating on silhouettes and outlines.
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A.ckman
Airaios
Ieee Ener Ieee
Anita Oes
Yew Machine Perfected in New South Wales
A machine designed at Melbourne University to determine the centre of gravity of the human body was described by Prof. Osborne before the Physiological Section of the Science Congress. The device, though heavy, is highly sensitive. placing a weight of one third of an ounce one foot from its centre disturbs balance, and the instrument could help assess centre of gravity disturbances in certain diseases.
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New South Wales
Melbourne University
Science Congress
Melbourne
Osborne
A. HL. Paul
Istanbul Assigns Streets for Pedestrians and Vehicles
Istanbul plans to separate paths for pedestrians and for vehicles with exclusive streets and one way trials. Traffic lights were tried and dropped amid chronic congestion in narrow winding lanes. Pure water is densest at 4 degrees Celsius.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Gasoline and Its Science From Gas to Fuel
Gasoline is a hydrocarbon mix ignited in engines by sparks. Ethyl gasoline uses lead bromide traces from bromide additives. Cracking oils at high pressure raises gasoline yield from crude oil. Hydrogen-treated coal in hot oil may produce lubricants and fuels as oil supplies wane.
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Gordon H. Guest
M.A
Texas
Oklahoma
Wilkins Plans New Sub Ice Boat For Arctic Venture
Sir Hubert Wilkins, arriving in Miami from Lima via Pan American Airways, said he will start building a special sub ice craft for another Arctic attempt. He noted his previous failed 1931 dive and claimed the undersea boat would be “very aiming” to follow the Nautilus adventure and leave off everything unnecessary.
China Buys Old Tires From U S Market
China begins absorbing large volumes of old tires shipped from the United States to Shanghai. A steamer carried 100 pressed bundles averaging twenty tires per bundle. The tires mostly become sandals for laborers as minerals studies target Alaska Railroad tonnage and London allocates 20 million dollars for new police buildings.
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China
United States
Shanghai
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